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UK Health Security Agency's laboratories provide a comprehensive range of microbiological tests and services.
Information to assist with the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease and requirements for sample submission.
How to reduce the risk of Lyme disease, its clinical management and other useful resources.
GBRU is the national reference laboratory for gastrointestinal pathogens and provides specialist testing of clinical, food and environmental samples.
The National Leptospirosis Service (NLS) is the national laboratory reference centre for the diagnosis of leptospira infections.
This is to help commissioners, sample takers and laboratories reduce errors associated with cervical screening sample requests.
Guidance for health protection teams on the investigation of cases, clusters and outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
Diagnostic and advisory services for Lyme disease.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Information to assist with differentiating Lyme disease from other causes of rash, neurological or non-specific symptoms.
The malaria reference laboratory provides reference and diagnostic parasitology of malaria, with surveillance of all imported malaria reported in the UK.
Clinical advisory and specialist diagnostic service for medical professionals managing travellers who've returned to the UK with fever.
Guidance for the laboratory investigation, management and infection prevention and control for cases of Candida auris (C. auris).
IDU provides diagnostic and reference services for measles, mumps, rubella, polyomavirus (JC), parvovirus B19 (B19V), varicella-zoster virus (VZV), HHV6 and HHV7.
BBVU offers laboratory reference services and carries out research and development on hepatitis viruses, and has a remit for blood safety.
The CDRN laboratory provides timely access to Clostridioides difficile culture, ribotyping and DNA fingerprinting services, according to standardised submission criteria.
The unit is a specialist in aerobiology, biocontainment and biosafety. The unit provides government departments and the commercial sector with expertise, advice and consultancy.
Leaflet for parents explaining what happens when vaccines have inadvertently been stored outside of the recommended storage temperature range.
List of available tests for meningococcal disease, what specimens to send and turnaround times.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor recreational and surface water.
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